New Delhi, April 23 -- Gutin Bae Tongala, a 59-year-old cook from the tiny island of Annobon in Equatorial Guinea, is not happy about Pope Leo XIV's visit to his homeland.

He left Equatorial Guinea in 2002 to take refuge in Spain, blaming what he said was the government's abuse of minority groups and decades of systemic oppression from the ruling family.

According to Vatican data, about 75% of Equatorial Guinea's population is Catholic - one of the highest percentages in Africa. It's the last stop on the pope's four-nation visit to the continent, after Algeria, Cameroon and Angola.

While in Equatorial Guinea, Leo has denounced the "colonization" of Africa's minerals and the "lust for power" and has urged the country to work for justice...